textual object of contemplation

A visual poem or other literary or semi-literary work that is intended to be
viewed and considered rather than read in a cursory manner. (The best are
wonderful textual objects of contemplation that use the arrangement of a few
words or letters to suggest more than they say. The best concrete poems
provide the reader a field upon which to create a thought, to consider a
possibility, to learn something unexpected.)
Geof Huth
Origin: [dbqp: visualizing poetics]
7/2004

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